It is universally recognised that the benefits of hydrotherapy in both health and fitness cannot be exceeded and that swimming exercises every muscle of the anatomy. There are many ways in which dogs benefit from swimming in heated pools and we have listed below a few of the most common reasons for choosing hydrotherapy for your dog.

• Swimming overweight or obese dogs is an effective way of achieving weight loss whilst protecting joints from undue strain - and many dogs who are reluctant to go for long walks thoroughly enjoy swimming.
• Gentle, regular swimming will produce noticeable improvements in the mobility of dogs suffering from arthritis and the use of jacuzzi-type undercurrents increases the mobility of dogs prone to hip displacement.
• Swimming gundogs and working dogs in a heated pool after a days work warms up and restores muscles and therefore extends their working life.
• Bitches who have weaned litters can speed up the milk drying process and therefore prevent mastitis by swimming regularly.

As well as its many therapeutic qualities, many dogs just love being in and playing in water and have enormous fun in the process. we have plenty of water toys to entertain them and they are always fully supervised by one of our qualified Canine Hydrotherapists. For health reasons veterinary clearance is required for all dogs using the pool at The Pheasantry - this can be arranged by us on your behalf and will allow dogs with insurance cover to claim for their treatment.